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Kingdom Trails on Ride Guide TV

The Kingdom Trails has really become the one of the hottest spots for mountain biking in the Northeast Kingdom and in the whole of North America. They frequent the pages of the Kingdom Traveler and this piece on Rideguide.ca will show you why. The Kingdom Trails is really an example of true Vermonter spirit, where [...]

The Kingdom Trails has really become the one of the hottest spots for mountain biking in the Northeast Kingdom and in the whole of North America. They frequent the pages of the Kingdom Traveler and this piece on Rideguide.ca will show you why. The Kingdom Trails is really an example of true Vermonter spirit, where people can come to together (60 contiguous land owners) and provide an ecological and sustainable destination for mountain biking that provides family fun and an adrenaline adventure.

With summer trailing off into the sunset and Fall rising over the crest, the Kingdom Trails will soon be blooming in Vermont’s dazzling Autumn colors. This is something to behold even if  they are a speed blur on the way down the mountain.

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Geocaching in the Kingdom

Have GPS? Love Adventure? Then geocaching could be for you. What is geocaching you ask? It is hide-and-seek treasure hunting and it is happening right here in the Northeast Kingdom. How it works: Someone stashes a cache (pronounced cash) and pinpoints its whereabouts with GPS and uploads the information to geocaching.com. Adventurers use geocaching.com and [...]

picture-3Have GPS? Love Adventure? Then geocaching could be for you. What is geocaching you ask? It is hide-and-seek treasure hunting and it is happening right here in the Northeast Kingdom. How it works: Someone stashes a cache (pronounced cash) and pinpoints its whereabouts with GPS and uploads the information to geocaching.com. Adventurers use geocaching.com and GPS to find these hidden treasures. Caches can be all kinds of things from time capsules, random objects, and even structured games. The only rule of geocaching is if you take something from a stash you have to put something in.

It seems like fun to me…wanna play?  Here are some geocaches in the Kindgom http://www.geocaching.com.

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Kingdom Trails in Vermont Life Mag

A Northeast Kingdom outdoor staple finds itself in the limelight once more – The Kingdom Trails. Situated in the Shadow of Burke Mountain, in East Burke, VT, Kingdom Trails has some of the best mountain biking trails in the country and has become THE mountain biking destination in the Northeast.

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http://www.vermontlife.com/current_issue/au09-eastburke.htm

A Northeast Kingdom outdoor staple finds itself in the limelight once more – The Kingdom Trails. Situated in the Shadow of Burke Mountain, in East Burke, VT, Kingdom Trails has some of the best mountain biking trails in the country and has become THE mountain biking destination in the Northeast. The article in Vermont Life magazine takes a historical look at this one Winter time town, and how the Kingdom Trails made East Burke into a four season destination.

In 1994, a group of local citizens founded the nonprofit Kingdom Trails Association, and the transformation of East Burke clicked into high gear. Led by Worth, mountain bikers built dozens of miles of trails on a combination of state and private land. (Strikingly, most of the land was private; 60 contiguous landowners agreed to the building of the trails.) The trails were carefully planned and designed, and once built, well-maintained. The network grew into more than 100 miles of trails, which today are regarded as some of the best in the country. – Vermont Life – Autumn 2009

Even with an off-summer this year East Burke was hopping with mountain bikers from all over.

Take a ride for yourself http://www.kingdomtrails.com

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The 2009 Danville Fair

There is an old Northeast Kingdom joke that once the Danville Fair is over it could start snowing at any time. So far so good. This early August event,  its 79th year, has been a pillar of summer time in Danville, VT, and the surrounding Caledonia County communities. For most Caledonians the Danville Fair is [...]

There is an old Northeast Kingdom joke that once the Danville Fair is over it could start snowing at any time. So far so good. This early August event,  its 79th year, has been a pillar of summer time in Danville, VT, and the surrounding Caledonia County communities. For most Caledonians the Danville Fair is the unofficial start to fair season, with the three big county fairs (Orleans County Fair – Aug. 19th-23rd | Caledonia County Fair – Aug. 26th-30th | Champlain Valley Fair – Aug. 29th – Sept. 7th) following behind it.

The Danville Fair, small in comparison to the big county fairs, is an intimate occasion. With a parade focused on local farmers and associations you get a great feel for the community, and a taste of their dry and sometimes sardonic humor. One parade “float” was a boy pedaling a toy tractor that pulls a sign reading “With the low price of milk and the high costs production, this is the only tractor we can afford to run!!”

You run into friends that you saw yesterday or  haven’t seen since the last fair. Live music, Bingo, high calorie fair food, great weather and the usual assortment of games and rides made the 79th Danville Fair a great Kingdom summer day.

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